Frat to apologize to ASU over MLK Day party

Friday January 24, 2014 6:15 PM

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — A national fraternity organization says only 16 of 125 members of an Arizona State University chapter attended a distasteful party in commemoration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day that had racist stereotypes and offensive costumes.

A spokesman for Tau Kappa Epsilon International Fraternity also says the 16 members who attended the party face suspension or expulsion from the frat.

The ASU chapter plans to issue a public apology to the university and community.

University officials notified Tau Kappa Epsilon on Thursday that its recognition as a fraternity chapter at ASU was being permanently revoked.

An ASU spokeswoman says the university is aware of the national organization's response and it doesn't change the school's action.

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